Tuesday, 26 November 2013

The friend of railway users across the nation has offered its latest wheeze to delight regular travellers.Not content with providing spurious costings for HS2, the Institute of Economic Affairs latest brainwave is to call for less seats on trains (Less seats? Try fewer pounds in your pocket! You're fired!!! Ed)According to the Metro...Seats should be ripped out on the most overcrowded train services to create cheaper, standing-only carriages, a report suggests.The return to third-class travel would see passengers pay up to 20
per cent less than in standard class, under the Institute of Economic
Affairs proposal.Head of transport Dr Richard Wellings said: ‘For too long, the
government has squandered taxpayers’ money on the wrong transport
projects and failed to deliver value for commuters."

Forcing more passengers to stand? A novel way to 'deliver value for commuters'.